#La Traversée

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La Traversée / The Crossing (2021) dir. Florence Miailhe

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[cristalconnors]

ANIMTED FILM

Shortlisted: Mad God, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

THE NOMINEES ARE:

THE CROSSING, dir. Florence Miailhe

INU-OH, dir. Masaaki Yuasa

AND THE CRISTAL GOES TO...

TURNING RED, dir. Domee Shi

[kitswritingantics]

the reality of kit getting a sudden brainwave and starting a new story (that they'll never write)

me: yes, i have multiple asks in my inbox. yes, i need to anwser those to grow my account. yes, i want to write my silly little headcanons.

also me: heheheheheh time-travelling circus time babey

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La traversée de Paris (Claude Autant-Lara, 1956)

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Bon Soir 💟🍹💃🍸🆕️

Laurie Darmon 🎶 Célibataire

(La traversée du désir)

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La traversée (2021)

dir. Florence Miailhe

A small village looted in darkness, a family forced to flee. The two oldest children, Kyona and Adriel are quickly separated from their parents facing the road of exile alone. They embark on a journey which takes them from childhood to adolescence in search of shelter, peace and the hope of finding refuge and their family.

The writing of the film began in 2006 at the Royal Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fontevraud , where Florence Miailhe was invited in residence by Xavier Kawa-Topor.

Florence Miailhe is inspired by her family history and the sketchbooks of her mother, the painter Mireille Miailhe , but also by the drama of today's migrants, notably documented by her husband, the photographer Patrick Zachmann.

The writing of the film began in 2006 at the Royal Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fontevraud , where Florence Miailhe was invited in residence by Xavier Kawa-Topor. It took producer Dora Benousilio ten years to gather the necessary funding, while developing the project.

The film is made in animated painting, a technique which Florence Miailhe has made a specialty of.

«A poignant odyssey of migrant children, as if straight out of a painting by Chagall» -- Télérama

[best-movie-ever-tournament]

Richard III (1995) was described as follow:

Sort of an alternate history in which the war of the two roses ends in the 1920's-30's and Richard III murders his way to power in a 1930's themed (fashion and technology) England. It's SO good. Downton Abbey aesthetics and Shakespearian script.

The Crossing of Paris was described as follow:

Two guys cross over Paris with suitcases full of illegal pork meat in occupied Paris. Because of a complicated situation, the usual guy didn't have his accomplice and took under his wing the first guy he met, but as the night progresses and they evade french and german forces alike, the usual guy and the viewers start doubting the new guy. Until they're both caught by the germans, and the new guy's secret is revealed, saving his life last minute as the usual guy is taken, plausibly to be shot. Not spoiling you've got to watch it!!!

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Nous aimons rigoler !

La grande traversée, page 22, case 6

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tfw vous êtes jumpscared par Louis de Funès dans un petit rôle dans un film en noir et blanc de juste avant qu'il devienne vraiment célèbre amirite

[byneddiedingo]

Jean Gabin and Bourvil in Four Bags Full aka The Crossing of Paris aka Pig Across Paris (Claude Autant-Lara, 1956)

Cast: Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Jeanette Batti, Georgette Anys, Robert Arnoux, Laurence Badie, Jacques Marin, Jean Dunot, MonetteDinay. Screenplay: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, based on a story by Marcel Aymé. Cinematography: Jacques Natteau. Production design: Max Douy. Film editing: Madeleine Gug. Music: René Cloërec. 

Like most movie-lovers whose knowledge of film extends beyond "Hollywood," I was familiar with Jean Gabin, but although I had encountered the name, I didn't know Bourvil, celebrated in France but not so much on this side of the Atlantic. Which made it difficult for me at first to capture the tone and humor of La Traversée de Paris, a film also known as Four Bags Full, The Crossing of Paris, The Trip Across Paris, and Pig Across Paris. Since the film begins with newsreel footage of German troops occupying Paris in 1942, it strikes a more serious tone than it eventually takes. Marcel Martin (Bourvil) is a black market smuggler tasked with carrying meat from a pig that's slaughtered at the beginning of the movie while he plays loud music on an accordion to cover its squeals. He's responsible for transporting two suitcases filled with pork across the city to Montmartre, but when the other smuggler fails to show up, he has to accept the aid of a stranger, Grandgil (Gabin), who agrees to carry the other two valises. Grandgil, however, wants the butcher, Jambier (Louis de Funès), to pay much more than the originally agreed-upon amount for his services, and blackmails him into accepting, to the consternation of Martin. The task is perilous, given the vigilance of the French police and the German occupying troops, so the film wavers between thriller and comedy -- the latter particularly when some stray dogs pick up the scent of what's in the suitcases. It ends up being a fascinating tale of the odd-couple relationship between Grandgil and Martin, as well as a picture of what Parisians went through during the occupation. It was controversial when it was released because it takes a warts-and-all look at black-marketeers and the Résistance, downplaying the heroism without denying the genuine risks they took. Eventually, Grandgil and Martin are caught by the Germans, but Grandgil is released because the officer in charge recognizes him as a famous artist. Martin is sent to prison, but the two are reunited after the war when Grandgil recognizes him at a train station as the porter carrying his luggage -- a rather obvious, and somewhat sour, bit of irony.

[lifestill]

The Crossing (2021) dir. Florence Miailhe

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Si personne ne se lavait, la France serait plus propre

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Filles du ciel

La nouvelle épopée de Michel Moutot nous offre de découvrir les merveilles de l'ingénierie française à la fin du XIXe siècle, de l'édification de la statue de la liberté à celle de la Tour Eiffel, en passant par le viaduc de Garabit. Un bonheur de lecture

  En deux mots Envoyé aux États-Unis pour aider à ériger la statue de la liberté, Philibert Boucher va briser le cou d’une jeune indienne avant de regagner la France où un nouveau chantier l’attend, celui de la Tour Eiffel. Ce qu’il ignore, c’est que Tëme, l’oncle de la jeune fille est sur ses traces, missionné pour venger sa nièce. Ma note ★★★★ (j’ai adoré) Ma chronique De Miss Liberty à la Dame…

[kitswritingantics]

hesistates... then yeets @askthetraversers at you and scurries away, giggling madly

[chaotictomtom]

mec normal dans sa tête : WOAH zizi on screen.....